Dick Herrick

Who was Dick Herrick?

The Very Rev Richard William Herrick was an eminent Anglican priest in the 20th century. He was educated at King Edward VI School Retford and Leeds University and was initially a civil servant. He was ordained after a period of study at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield in 1940. he held curacies at Duston and Portsea, Portsmouth before being appointed Vicar of St Michael’s, Northampton in 1947, a post he held for a decade. He was then a Canon Residentiary of Chelmsford Cathedral until 1978 when he Provost of Chelmsford. He died in post.